DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 28 OCT 2017
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
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1. PM MODI INAUGURATES INT’L CONFERENCE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION
i. PM Narendra Modi
inaugurated 2-day International Conference on Consumer Protection for east,
south and Southeast Asian countries in New Delhi. This conference is being
hosted by the Department of Consumer Affairs under Union Ministry of Consumer
Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and the United Nations Conference on
Trade and Development.
ii. Theme of this
conference is ‘Empowering Consumers in New Markets’. Representatives from 22
countries from East, South and South-East Asia participated in this conference.
iv. During the course of
this conference, six working sessions will be held on subjects of United
Nations Guidelines for Consumer Protection and Implementation, protection of
online consumers, stakeholder participation in consumer protection, consumer
empowerment through education, fostering consumer inclusion in financial
services and protection of vulnerable groups of consumers.
2. INTERNATIONAL PUPPET FESTIVAL BEGINS IN KOLKATA
i. 6-day ‘International
Puppet Festival’ began in Kolkata, West Bengal. This festival is christened Puppets
Unite Neighbours.
ii. The festival is aimed
to revive interest in puppet art in India and to bring together puppeteers from
different countries. Puppeteers from countries like the UK, Germany, Portugal,
Italy, Peru, Lithuania, Brazil and Singapore will perform during the course of
this 6-day festival.
iii. Through these
performances, visitors will get information about various puppet art forms viz.
glove, shadow, knee, giant, human, theatre, street, interactive and balloon
puppetry.
iv. Indian puppeteers
including Ravi Bhat of ‘Kath Putli’ (Jaipur), Jitendra Advani of ‘Masti Maker
Human Puppet’ (Jaipur) and Sudip Gupta
of ‘Dolls Theater’ (Kolkata) will also perform at this International Puppet
Festival.
3. PIYUSH GOYAL LAUNCHES RAILWAY’S FIRST SET OF SOLAR PLANTS WITH
CAPACITY OF 5 MW
i. Union Railway Minister,
Piyush Goyal launched railway’s 1st set of solar plants with a total capacity
of 5 megawatt peak installed on the roof tops of Hazrat Nizamuddin, New Delhi,
Anand Vihar and Delhi railway stations. Mr. Goyal launched these plants at the
inauguration of the International Conference on Green Initiatives and Railway
Electrification. Piyush Goyal launches Railway's first set of solar plants with
capacity of 5 MW.
ii. These plants will
generate will generate 76.5 lakh units of solar power cumulatively per year. 30%
of the energy requirement of these stations will be fulfilled by these plants
and will thereby result in annual savings of Rs 421.4 lakh for Indian Railways.
iii. Besides, it will also
reduce 6082 tonnes of CO2 emissions. This project was awarded in December 2016
and has been set up at a cost of Rs.37.45 crore under government’s National
Solar Mission.
iv. Under National Solar
Mission, Indian Railways plans to commission 1000 MWp solar plants across its
network.
4. ARUNACHAL PRADESH CM PEMA KHANDU INAUGURATES TAWANG FESTIVAL
i. Arunachal Pradesh CM
Pema Khandu inaugurated the 5th edition of Tawang festival, at Tawang,
Arunachal Pradesh.
ii. Arunachal Pradesh CM
Pema Khandu inaugurated the Tawang festival. The North Eastern Council
secretary Ram Muivah inaugurated the traditional games and sports competition.
iii. Exhibition stalls were
inaugurated by the chief minister. They contain products and materials from
horticulture, agriculture, forest and textile departments, NGOs and local
community bodies. The Tawang festival is held for four days. Street show is
held for three days. The show will also have cultural presentation from Adi,
Nyishi and Monpa tribe.
5. KIREN RIJIJU INAUGURATES SPECIAL CENTRE FOR DISASTER RESEARCH AT
JNU
i. Minister of State for
Home Affairs Shri Kiren Rijiju inaugurated the Special Centre for Disaster
Research at Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi. The centre will offer Masters
and Doctorate programmes in Disaster Risk Management.
ii. For the first year, the
centre will focus on disaster research in North Eastern states of India. At the
inauguration ceremony, Mr. Rijiju also launched the website of the Special
Centre for Disaster Research.
iii. He also released the
book ‘Disaster Law, Emerging Thresholds’ by Prof. Amita Singh, who is the first
Chairperson of Special Centre for Disaster Research.
iv. The inauguration took
place during the 2-day seminar on ‘Disasters and Community Resilience in the
Northeastern States’, organised by JNU.
6. 4TH ASEAN DEFENSE MINISTERS MEETING PLUS HELD IN CLARK,
PHILIPPINES
i. The 4th ASEAN Defense
Ministers’ Meeting-Plus was held in Clark, Philippines. The meeting was chaired
by Secretary of National Defence of the Philippines Delfin Lorenzana.
ii. Defence department leaders
from 10 Association of Southeast Asian Nations and 8 dialog partners
participated. They delivered speeches on regional security situations and
issues of common concern.
iii. Union Defence Minister
Nirmala Sitharaman represented India. This is her first foreign visit after
taking charge as Defence Minister.
iv .At the ADMM-Plus,
Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister Gen. Chang Wanquan held bilateral
talks with the defence ministers of Russia, Singapore, Malaysia and the
Republic of Korea.
v. Also, Philippines and
Russia signed two agreements: Agreement for Military-Technical Cooperation
between the two countries and a contract for the Philippines’ procurement of
defence articles from Rosoboronexport, a Russian company.
7. ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK SIGNS $65.5 MN LOAN WITH GOI TO SUPPORT
COASTAL PROTECTION IN KARNATAKA
i. International financial
institution, Asian Development Bank has signed a USD 65.5 million loan
agreement with Government of India for checking coastal erosion on the western
coast of Karnataka.
ii. This is the 2nd tranche
of a USD 250 million financing facility under the Sustainable Coastal
Protection and Management Investment Programme. The loan agreement was signed
in Bengaluru by Sameer Kumar Khare, Joint Secretary (Multilateral Institutions),
Union Finance Ministry and ADB’s country director Kenichi Yokoyama.
iii. Funds procured through
this loan will be deployed for immediate coastal protection needs and for
strengthening institutional capacity of Karnataka’s public works, ports and
inland water transport department.
iv. Coastal erosion in
Karnataka is turning out to be a high risk to human wellbeing, economic
development and ecological integrity.
8. AP CM NAIDU RECEIVES ‘GOLDEN PEACOCK AWARD’ IN LONDON
i. Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu
Naidu received the Golden Peacock Award, at the 17th London Global Convention,
held in London. Chandrababu Naidu received the ‘Golden Peacock Award’ under the
category, Global Leadership in Public Service and Economic Transformation.
ii. Nara Bhuvaneswari,
Chandrababu Naidu’s wife and managing director of the Heritage Foods received
‘Golden Peacock Award’ under the category Corporate Governance and
Sustainability.
iii. The Golden Peacock
Award was instituted by the Institute of Directors of India in 1991. This award
is regarded as a benchmark of corporate excellence worldwide.
iv. Earlier recepients of
this award are anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare, agricultural scientist MS
Swaminathan, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and former Delhi chief
minister Sheila Dikshit.
9. AMANPREET WINS BRONZE AT ISSF WORLD CUP FINAL
i. India’s Amanpreet Singh
secured 3rd place in the 50-metre pistol final at the International Shooting
Sport Federation World Cup Final in Delhi. He shot 76 out of 80 targets, three
behind gold medallist Hu Binyuan.
ii. This is Sangram’s
first-ever medal in senior level, earlier he had won a gold at the Asian
Shooting Championship for junior back in 2009 and silver in World cup.
iii. This was India’s first
individual medal in the ongoing edition of the prestigious tournament. Overall,
this was the host nation’s second medal in the tournament following Jitu Rai
and Heena Sidhu’s gold in 10m mixed air pistol on the opening day.
10. WORLD DAY FOR AUDIOVISUAL HERITAGE – OCTOBER 27
i. World Day for
Audiovisual Heritage was observed all over the world. The World Day for
Audiovisual Heritage is celebrated to mark the adoption, of the Recommendation
for the Safeguarding and Preservation of Moving Images, by the 21st General
Conference, in 1980.
ii. Theme for The World Day
for Audiovisual Heritage 2017 is “Discover, remember and share”. This day aims
to create awareness to preserve and acknowledge the importance of audiovisual
documents.
iii. The World Day for
Audiovisual Heritage is an initiative taken mainly by United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the Coordinating Council
of Audiovisual Archives Associations.
